Background
Robinson, Harold Frank was born on October 28, 1918 in Bandana, North Carolina, United States. Son of Fred Herbert and Geneva (Jarrett) Robinson.
university chancellor emeritus
Robinson, Harold Frank was born on October 28, 1918 in Bandana, North Carolina, United States. Son of Fred Herbert and Geneva (Jarrett) Robinson.
Bachelor of Science with high honors, North Carolina State College, 1939. Master of Science, North Carolina State College, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Nebraska, 1948.
Doctor of Science, University Nebraska, 1966.
Seed specialist, North Carolina Crop Improvement Association, 1940-1941;
member of faculty, North Carolina State College, 1945-1968;
professor, head department genetics, North Carolina State College, 1958-1962;
director, Institute Biological Sciences
also assistant director, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962-1965;
administrative dean for research, North Carolina State University, 1965-1968;
vice chancellor, University System Georgia, 1968-1971;
provost, Purdue University, 1971-1974;
chancellor, Western Carolina U., Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1974-1984;
director Office University Studies, Western Carolina U., 1984-1988. Consultant international maize program Rockefeller Foundation, 1955-1965. Executive dir.Pres.'s Science Advisory Committee Panel on World Food Supply, 1966-1968.
Member consultant's bureau National Commission Undergraduate Education Biological Sciences, 1963-1965. Member North Carolina.Bd. Science and Technology, 1965-1968, President's Science Advisory Panel International Tech.Coop. and Assistance, 1967-1968.
Chairman panel food crisis in Indonesia National Academy Sciences, 1968, member board science and technical in international development, 1968-1972. Member panel Korea technical assistance study, 1969, member planningcom. on world food, health and population National Academy Sciences-National Science Foundation, 1974-1975. Member world food and nutrition study National Academy Sciences, 1976-1977.
Member committee agricultural development Board International Food and Agricultural Development, 1977-1980. Member Joint Council Food and Agricultural Sciences, United States Department of Agriculture, 1978-1982, member Executive Committee, 1981-1982. Member study group of Executive Committee, 1978-1980.
Chairman.vis. team to review wheat and maize program Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Ecuador, 1982, member international panel to conduct quinquennial review of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Organisation Research Center, El-Baton, Mexico, 1982. Member commission on competency needs in agriculture research personnel USDA, 1983-1984. Member presidential agricultural task force to Zaire, 1985.
Board directors North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 1985-1988. Long-range planning committee Western North Carolina Arboretum, Inc., 1985-1987, site selection committee, 1985-1987. Board directors Molecular Delivery Corporation Inc., 1985-1987.
Board directors, Executive Committee North Carolina Rural Economics Development Center, 1986.
Trustee College Entrance Examination Board, 1971-1975, member finance committee, 1975. Board directors Mountain Area Health Education Foundation, Asheville, North Carolina, 1975-1988, Western North Carolina Arboretum, 1986-1988, Tennessee Valley Authority Industrial Development Advisory Council, 1984-1988. Member National Plant Genetics Resources Board, 1975-1981.
Chairman joint advisory committee University North Carolina-Community College System-private institutions, 1976-1979. Chairman institutional heads of Southern Conference, 1979-1981. Co-chairman Joint PVO/University Rural Development Center, 1979-1988.
Member Board International Food and Agricultural Development, 1980-1983. Member joint advisory committee on higher education North Carolina Conference, United Methodist Church, 1979-1981. Member blue ribbon study commission to explore establishment of rural development corporation in North Carolina, 1980.
Member foundation committee to establish Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, 1981-1986. Member North Carolina Legislation Study Commission on Higher Education, 1983-1984, North Carolina Awards Committee, 1981-1984. North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching, 1984, North Carolina Nature Conservancy, 1986-1988.
Community advisory board Public Radio Station WCQS-FM, Asheville, 1986-1988. Steering committee WNCT Regional Economic Development Project, 1986-1988. Chairman Senator Terry Sanford's Western North Carolina Advisory Council, 1987-1988, I-26 Corridor Association, 1988.
Elected delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1988. Served with United States Navy, 1941-1945. Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Institute Biological Sciences, Association Allied Health Professions, American Association State Colleges and Universities (committee on allied health professions 1975, chairman committee on agriculture, renewable resources and rural development, 1977-1981, member team to study higher education in Cuba 1978, member committee international programs 1980-1984), Biometric Society, Genetics Society of America, North Carolina Association Colleges and Universities (executive committee 1978-1981, Hugh McEniry award committee 1982), American Council Education (ad hoc committee on problems major intercollegiate athletic programs 1982, division I reorganization subcommittee of committee on athletics 1983-1984), Cherokee History Association, Western North Carolina Development Association, North Carolina Retired Government Employees Association (board directors 1985-1988), Tennessee River Valley Association (board directors Tennessee Valley Authority committee 1986-1988), National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences (committee competency needs in agricultural research 1984-1986), Asheville Area Chamber of Chamber (board directors 1983-1984), Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi (honorary).
Married Katherine Palmer, February 9, 1944. Children: Karen Elizabeth Dail, Mary JoAnne Bewsey.